Fw: jadon & evangelina updates from Mommy

> Evangelina Updates at 5 months:
>
> -  Figured out how to play with the ball rolling down
> toy.  Will very
> deliberately push the lever to have the ball roll down so
> she can
> gather it to her and then push the lever for the next ball
> and gather
> it to her, and so forth.
> - Sitting very well on her own.  Can balance herself,
> bend over and
> sit back up without losing balance.
> -  Grabbing at everything she sees!  Tries to
> grab my bowl or plate
> during dinner.  Likes to grab paper, too, and shred
> it.  Very
> accurately reaches for things.  Really good hand-eye
> coordination.
> Turns objects in her hand to examine it.
> -  Very curious at everything going around her. 
> She I am standing
> right behind her getting stuff from the cabinet, she likes
> to look
> back behind her and she what I am doing.  This is the
> case with most
> thing that Jadon, Sid, or I am doing that is behind
> her.  She looks
> back to see what we are doing.
> -  Great stomach muscles and control!  If I put
> in her half reclined
> position, she will use her own stomach muscle to sit all
> the way up on
> her own.
> -  Babbling starting to sound like distinct words
> -  Making bee-bop sounds with her mouth
> -  Teething!!  Front lower teeth peeking out
> through the gum!  Trying
> to eat at everything...even my arm and Sid's shaved head.
> -  Great at imitating my sounds and actions (sniffling
> & wrinkling her
> nose, etc...)
> - Very vocal about her likes and dislikes.  Vocal and
> gets upset if
> she loses her toy or it falls away from her and she can't
> reach it
> (though she will try to get reach for it first).  Also
> very vocal in
> getting our attention
> -  Potty training going very well!  Evangelina
> likes to go poo poo
> first thing when she wakes up in the morning.  She has
> lots of poo
> poo.  She will hold her pee and poo until we get her
> on the toilet.
> The minute she sits down on the toilet, she immediately
> poops and
> pees.
> -  Starting to get up on her hands and knees in the
> crawling position.
> -  Crawling army style and swimmer style now. 
> Stronger with her right
> arm and leg.  Definitely right handed.
> - Tries to stand when I am trying to put her in the sitting
> position.
> She puts out her two legs straight so that I can't sit her
> down.
>
> Developments that have become second nature for her:
> -  sitting
> -  raising her chest with her arms while lying on her
> stomach
> -  holding her head steady
>